Burden
Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
How words are described
| physical | physical burden | physical size |
| full | full burden | full size |
| sheer | sheer burden | sheer size |
| actual | actual burden | actual size |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, large, great, enormous, huge, extra, significant, immense, tremendous, greater, larger, maximum, titanic, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Any creature that's vaguely human-shaped and no larger than human-size can wear any armor: gnomes can wear plate mail (though it may burden them because it's uncomfortably heavy)
Source: One Size Fits All
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Size and Burden. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burden/size
Burden & Size. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burden/size>.
Size or Burden. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burden/size.
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